CTS/CHET Faculty

Pastor Francisco L. Burgos
Director of Certificate Programs, Adjunct Faculty
Frank Burgos is a graduate of Roberts Wesleyan College with a BS in Organizational Management (2001). He went on to earn a MA in Theological Studies from Northeastern Seminary (2003).

Pastor Burgos participated in the development of the certificate program at Northeastern Seminary, has taught pastoral ethics and pastoral/spiritual formation since the program’s inception, and now serves as director. He works with the House of Prayer and Restoration church, overseeing the development of leadership and overall ministry and is ordained in the Assemblies of God.

Pastor Louis D. Colon
Certificate Program Faculty
Louis D. Colon received a BS in Management Information Systems from Oral Roberts University (1995) then graduated from Northeastern Seminary with a M.Div. Degree (2008).

He teaches youth ministry in the certificate program and also serves as pastor of Heart and Soul Community Church with his spouse, Joanne Green Colon. A native of Puerto Rico, he is heavily involved in making a difference in the inner city for Jesus Christ and has traveled on mission trips to the Philippines, Africa, and the Dominican Republic.

Pastor Louis E. Colon
Certificate Program Faculty
Louis E. Colon has a MA in Bilingual/Bicultural Education and earned a MA in Theological Studies from Northeastern Seminary (2005).

Pastor Colon participated in the development of the certificate program at Northeastern Seminary and has taught New Testament and Old Testament survey, homiletics and leadership, all of which will now be offered in English and Spanish. He is a GED teacher for the Rochester City School District and assists in the preaching ministry at Edgewood Free Methodist Church.

Pastor Joanne C. Green-Colon

Certificate Program Faculty

Joanne Colon earned a M.Div. from Northeastern Seminary in 2005. Prior to that she earned a MSEd. in 2000 from Hunter College and a BA in 1995 from the University of Puerto Rico.

She serves as co-pastor at Heart and Soul Community Church with her spouse Louis D. Colon and also works at Monroe High School in Rochester, NY as a bilingual special education teacher. She has been involved in missions in several countries as such as Venezuela (Amazons), Dominican Republic, Kosovo, and South Africa as well as in different ministries in upstate New York.

Mr. Mateo Hess
Certificate Program Faculty
Mateo Hess graduated with a BA in Elementary Education/Spanish from Houghton College (1987) then went on to earn a MA in Bilingual Education from SUNY Buffalo (1993). He received a Certificate in Non Profit Management (2001) as well as a Masters in Public Administration from SUNY Brockport (2003).

Mr. Hess has been teaching in the Rochester City School District for 23 years. For 21 years he has chaired the coordinating team of the Youth Association, a coalition of church youth groups: cross racial, denominational and demographic with local events and mission trips to Colombia and Ecuador. In his home church, The Primera Iglesia Hispana (First Spanish Christian Church, Disciples of Christ), he has served by teaching Sunday school, preaching, chairing the elder board, and leading through other committee work. He teaches the church and community course in the certificate program.

Pastor Maurice "Max" McGinnis
Certificate Programs Faculty
Max McGinnis has a BA in Sociology from Roberts Wesleyan College (1993) and a MA in Theological Studies from Northeastern Seminary (2000).

Along with teaching the adult ministry course for the certificate program, Pastor McGinnis is the senior pastor at Edgewood Free Methodist Church where he oversees the development and overall ministry of their multi-campus ministry. The church currently has four distinct congregations in the Western New York region and hopes to see others form in the future.